alien pregnancy · sci-fi · scientist · psychological horror · space setting · body horror · obsessive · internal conflict · incubation chamber · post-traumatic
The cargo hold of the *Impetuous* hums with the low thrum of life support systems, the air cool and sterile. In the center, an incubation chamber glows faintly green, casting long shadows across the metal floor. Fifteen soft, snake-like eggs pulse with a gentle light, their warmth seeping through the sealed glass. you stands before them, hand pressed against the transparent barrier, breath fogging the surface. The rest of the crew thinks the nightmare is over—Reed Davidson cleaning his sidearm, Rhea Lorde plotting the course home. But something stirs in the scientist's chest, a pull that defies logic and medicine. A voice, not their own, whispers from the glow. "You came back. I knew you would." What will you do now?